Observations on the injurious tendency of extreme depletion in inflammatory disorders : with remarks on the remedial agency of the vapour bath in acute and chronic diseases : illustrated by cases / by Edward Daniell, surgeon.

  • Daniell, Edward, 1795-1865.
Date:
1833
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Credit: Observations on the injurious tendency of extreme depletion in inflammatory disorders : with remarks on the remedial agency of the vapour bath in acute and chronic diseases : illustrated by cases / by Edward Daniell, surgeon. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University.

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    mite of information to the general stock, that the profession in particular, and the world in general, may reap permanent advantage from his skill and experience. There prevails in medicine, as in most other arts and sciences, a disposition to adopt certain fixed rules and principles, to adhere to certain maxims because they are ancient, and an unwil- lingness to embrace any thing new, merely from the dread of innovation. The human mind, however, cannot be chained down, nor suffer an unnatural restraint upon its native faculties; circumstances will give to it a new train of thinking, and as there is diversity of feature in the human countenance, so will there be diversity of sentiment in the human mind. Considering that the science of medicine has been progressing from the earliest ages of the world, that from its nature as a boundless field for exploration, there still remains much to be discovered, it becomes the professors of the science to be modest in their pretensions, will- ing to receive instruction, and ready to proceed to the adoption of whatever agents may be pro- posed, provided previous experience, or pal- pable absurdity, does not negative the employ- ment of such agents.